The List: 15 Nov 1996 (Issue 293)

70sl‘Squeeze Box‘ stuff. They also go throiigh several costume changes throughout the show. As one reviewer wrote. ‘Were The Who ever this good?‘ I The Mountain Goats Potterrow Union. Bristo Square. 650 2656. 9pm. 99p.

I Gruyﬂ Citrus Club. Grindlay Street. 622 7086. l()pm. Teasage celebrates its ﬁfth birthday with a live set from local indie boys who are reputed to have aroused major label interest.

221 5279. 8.30pm. £3.50. A tribute band double whammy. The subjects are Joy Division and New Order. so thrill to the sight of two Bernard Albrechts. two Stephen Morrises and two Peter Hooks. I Chicane, ldlewild and X15 Nice ‘n‘ Sleazy. Sauchiehall Street. 333 9637. 9pm. Alternative power stuff from Edinburgh‘s Chicane whose new 7in on Human Condition Records. entitled ‘Drive‘. will be reviewed next issue.

I Earl Brutus and Goney Island Cyclone Venue. Calton Road. 557 3073. 9pm. £4. The headliners Farl Brutus offer up a kind of punky glam sound that gobbles up the sticky detrius of modern life and

....nothing short or glorious!

‘...a collection of wellvcrafted songs that would ' proud‘

Rolling Stone

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regurgitates it in a chaotic splurge of pretty-boy antics. Their debut album Your Majesty. . . W ’ Are Here (Deceptive) caused controversy on its release in September when the original artwork was deemed unsuitable. The subsequent sleeve pages were left blank. Rock ‘n‘ roll!

I Martynn Bennett Wilkie House. Cowgate. 10.30pm. £4 (£3). The acid bagpiper does his own fried version of trad material complete with loops. whoops and samples. Part of Eden. the afro-celt. tribal. trance. roots. world and dance club.

I Spacehopper, The Mongols and The Secret Goldfish Cas Rock Cafe. West Port. 229 4341. 9pm. £3. Watch out for more Creeping Bent shenanigans from the scary Spacehopper and the more winsome The Secret Goldfish. The Mongers are. what we in the trade inexplicably call. loungecore.

I Tricky Garage. Sauchiehall Street. 332 l 120. 7pm. SOLD OUT. Everyone continues to throw compliments at the tricky kid for his woozy dance blues. If you loved Maxinqmtye there‘s no reason why you won‘t feel the same about Pre- Mi/lelmiunt Tension. but does no one else think there‘sjust a bit of the emperor‘s new clothes about all this minimalism? I Ben Folds Five and The Diggers King Tut's Wah Wah Hut. St Vincent Street.

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Bls play The Garage, Glasgow, Thurs 21

221 5279. 8.30pm. £6. See preview for the ridiculously infectious Ben Folds Five. Support from the classically melodic melancholic Diggers.